Jury out on whether UK government will honour Good Friday Agreement – O’Neill

The “jury is out” on whether the new UK government will live up to the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement, Michelle O’Neill has said.

Sinn Féin’s vice president also told her party’s Ard Fheis that it is ready to fight the general election in Ireland, pointing to its historic success in emerging as the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The Ard Fheis is taking place in Athlone amid increased speculation that Ireland’s coalition Government could be poised to call a Dáil election.

As it attempts to recover from a recent slide in the polls in Ireland, Sinn Féin will focus over the next two days on housing and supporting workers and families.

Delivering her keynote speech, Ms O’Neill said things can “ebb and flow” in politics.

She said: “In the lead-up to the (Northern Ireland) Assembly election, with many challenges and unpredictability, the political situation was very uncertain.

“We refused to be defined by that. We rallied our…